Eobania vermiculata

Taxobox
name = "Eobania vermiculata"


image_width =
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Helicidae
genus = "Eobania"
species = "E. vermiculata"
binomial = "Eobania vermiculata"
binomial_authority = ((Müller, 1774)

"Eobania vermiculata" also known as "Helix vermiculata" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution

This is a European species that ranges from eastern Spain to the Crimea.

It has been introduced to southeastern Australia, where it is known as the chocolate-band snail. [http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_1521.htm]

References

* Lots of good info at: [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1367]